Changing the Way We Count Low-Income Students
State:
Wraparound student supports
NYC Mayor Expanding Community Schools Program to 200 Schools
PA School Funding Case Going to State Supreme Court
Pennsylvania schools are the most inequitably funded in the United States, in large part because of the lack of a fair funding formula for distributing state funds and because of Recession-era budget cuts.
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How Can We Get Smaller Classes for Massachusetts Students?
Despite its high test scores and graduation rates, Massachusetts, like the rest of the United States, still struggles with opportunity gaps and giving every child an equitable education.
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Black Girls Matter: Pushed-Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected
Publication Date:
Thu, 2015-02-05
Type:
reports
An important new report from the African American Policy Forum is a must-read for anyone committed to understanding how both race and gender impact educational opportunity in our country. Black Girls Matter: Pushed-Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected combines national data on school discipline with interviews with young women of color to paint a picture of their experiences in school and in their communities and to offer suggestions for how we can better support them.
An important new report from the African American Policy Forum is a must-read for anyone committed to understanding how both race and gender impact educational opportunity in our country. Black Girls Matter: Pushed-Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected combines national data on school discipline with interviews with young women of color to paint a picture of their experiences in school and in their communities and to offer suggestions for how we can better support them.
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Black Lives Matter: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males
Publication Date:
Wed, 2015-02-11
Type:
reports
Schott’s 50-state report series chronicles the hurdles and systemic challenges in the national education system that result in frustrating, racially identifiable gaps in graduation rates, including disparities in school discipline and inequitable school supports. The 2015 report illustrates the inexcusable degree to which Black male students are neglected by our nation's inequitable public education system.
Schott’s 50-state report series chronicles the hurdles and systemic challenges in the national education system that result in frustrating, racially identifiable gaps in graduation rates, including disparities in school discipline and inequitable school supports. The 2015 report illustrates the inexcusable degree to which Black male students are neglected by our nation's inequitable public education system.
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ESEA Reauthorization Could Be a Chance for Equity in Education
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Black Lives Matter: The Schott 50-State Report on Public Education and Black Males
Publication Date:
Mon, 2015-04-13
In February 2015, the Schott Foundation for public education released the 2015 edition of its biennial report on public education and black male students. Watch (and share!) this short animation about the report. Read the full report here.
In February 2015, the Schott Foundation for public education released the 2015 edition of its biennial report on public education and black male students. Watch (and share!) this short animation about the report. Read the full report here.
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As ESEA Debate Continues, Grassroots Voices Weigh In
After months of debate, federal lawmakers seem to be getting serious about a rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and this week Sens. Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray released a bipartisan "compromise bill" that could have important implications for schools, students and teachers nationwide.
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Mixed Bag of Victories and Set Backs in NY State Budget
Education organizers rallied in Albany in early March.
Picture via Citizen Action of NY
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